The Maliyan - Wedge tail eagle mural on the Wall at Kitch & Sons, with Chris Tomlinson, Kerry Palmer, Jack Randell and Jan Payne. There were more than a dozen helpers when the ‘Leader’ visited the site on Saturday.
AFTER A weekend of enthusiastic painting, Wellington Arts members and others have successfully completed the third of a series of community contributed murals within the Orana region.
The first in Dubbo was the Bin Chicken mural, followed by the Kingfisher in Narromine.
This latest project in Wellington was again facilitated by Wongarbon artist Jack Randell of ArtClub and funded by Create NSW with support from Wellington Arts and other organisations.
Mr Randell said the project began with community consultation.
“We met people face-to-face while conducting design workshops and from these we drew out ideas of what people think would be good ideas for a mural that tells something about their community,” he said.
There were three suggestions including a water rat and a platypus.
“However, they were replaced by the Maliyan - Wedge tail eagle.”
With that brief Jack then designed the mural on the Maughan Street wall of Kitch & Sons building on the corner with Percy Street.
After endorsement, Jack set to and with help, washed-down the wall then drew the design and painted the eagle’s outline.
He and helpers started the process last Wednesday and it was completed by Sunday.
“I hope this is a legacy that will go on for a number of years into the future,” he said.
“These colours are of high-quality pigments and will last for 20 years.”
Jack started his artistic painting career 40 years ago as a 14-year-old.